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Is Firefox OK?: Mozilla’s privacy-heavy browser is flatlining. What it does next is crucial for the future of the web.
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Key FactsFirefox Refreshes Its Browser With Project Nova
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Summary created with AI assistance · Source: pcmag.com
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- According to Cloudflare, Firefox ended 2025 with a 3.5% global market share.
- Firefox 157 consolidates Project Nova with new colors, icons, themes, and more rounded interface elements.
- Firefox’s new VPN provides 50GB free monthly, but protects only browser traffic, not other applications.
- Firefox uses its own Gecko engine and therefore continues supporting the full version of uBlock Origin.
We are building features that aren't maximizing for profit, but maximizing for user experience. We don't have a structure that forces us to maximize for shareholder value.— Ajit Varma, head of Firefox, in an interview with PCMag

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Key FactsPrivacy Group Files Complaint Against Mozilla's Tracking Feature
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- Privacy activist group noyb has filed a complaint against Mozilla, claiming that the 'Privacy Preserving Attribution' feature in Firefox tracks user behavior.
- Despite Mozilla's assertion that the feature provides anonymized data to advertisers, it is enabled by default, which violates EU GDPR rights.
- Noyb is urging the Austrian data protection authority to investigate and implement an opt-in system instead of the current opt-out approach.
- Mozilla defends the feature as a way to enhance advertising practices but acknowledges that users should have the choice to disable it.

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Is Firefox OK?: Mozilla’s privacy-heavy browser is flatlining. What it does next is crucial for the future of the web.
wired.com/story/firefox-mozilla-2022/
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